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Business Digest: Bargain price for FootFall

THE information company that will help retailers count shoppers during the festive period could be heading for a cut-price Christmas sale of its own.

FootFall, which produces a monthly assessment of visitors to retail centres, has been earmarked for a possible sale by Experian, the credit-checking firm. Experian is understood to be willing to accept just £20m for Footfall, for which it paid about £35m in 2005.

The company measures more than 100m shopper visits a month.

Man moves on RBS arm

Man Group, the hedge fund manager, is believed to be among the bidders for Royal Bank of Scotland's asset management business. The firm, which manages £30 billion of assets, is estimated to be worth £250m to £300m.

Black Rock, Aberdeen Asset Management, Schroders, Henderson and Neuberger Berman are all running a rule over the business, part of RBS's Coutts operation, and first-round bids have been tendered.